What if you could know exactly where the fish on your plate came from, through an app on your smartphone? What if you could instantaneously send money to an Ecuadorian farmer for protecting trees on her land?

The ability to transfer and track items of value instantaneously is remarkable, but it faces steep hurdles to scale up: hacking, local corruption, and a patchwork of policies and technological platforms.

Now, a promising breakthrough could potentially revolutionize conservation in the process.

Find out more about blockchain and how it could affect conservation in this post from August.

Morgan Lynch is a staff writer for CI.

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